Iredell-Statesville Schools

School Improvement Plan

A continuous improvement strategic plan, that communicates the approach

we will use to ensure all our students are career and college ready.

MATH

School: N.B. Mills / Year: 2014-15 Math / Current NCLB Status / Current ABC Status
Mission: Our mission is to work together with the community to build leaders in an engaging, respectful, and safe environment.
School Improvement Plan Summary
Our focus areas are: Building conceptual understanding by first learning via concrete methods; automaticity with math facts, and comprehending understanding of what is being asked to solve in word problems.
Overall goal (What we want to accomplish by the end of the second year.) 100% of NB Mills’ students will be proficient as measured by NC EOG by the year 2017.
Target goal (What we want to accomplish this year.) 70% of all NB Mills’ students will be proficient as measured by the NC EOG by the year 2015.
Approaches/Strategies (What we will do to realize our goal.) Conceptual math, intervention block, and math facts automaticity by practicing at home and at school.
Measures; we will use to monitor our progress toward reaching our goal:
Performance/Impact: Data from benchmark assessments, charting math facts, Study Island, and Mobymath progress reports
Fidelity of implementation: Planning and instruction will be checked to ensure these practices are being utilized. Schedules and planning of intervention block will be checked to ensure that these are part of daily schedules.
During the 90 day cycle time for cycle 1 and 2 we will revisit/monitor our plan every 4 weeks
P / PLAN: Identify the gap and the approach
Performance Data; Formative and/or Summative that is aligned to goal. (Insert data or link to access data here.)
NB Mills’ Data History
Grade / Subject / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015
5th / Math / 66.2 / 57.7 / 29.2 / 32.9
4th / Math / 56.8 / 75 / 21.8 / 29.4
3rd / Math / 78.5 / 78.8 / 28.3 / 44.7
2nd / Math / 74.8 / 74.8 / 77.8 / 77.8
1st / Math / 89.1 / 84.6 / 85 / 92.1
K / Math / 94.8 / 90.1 / 94 / 91.5
EC / Composite / 2 / 8.3 / 6.7
Teachers Met Growth / Math / 7 of 8 / 1 of 7
K-5 / ODR / 477 / 299 / 582 / 905
3rd-5th: Scores reflect EOGs
BA = % correct thru 2012; 2013-14 becomes % on grade level
Data Analysis. Answer the following question using any data and/or information you have about performance in this area
1. In order to meet your Overall Goal, what is the most important area that needs improving and why? Students don’t know their math facts with automaticity, and students do not understand what/how to solve math problems.
2. What approaches/strategies are contributing to your success in this area and what data suggests this? Constant practice of math fact automaticity. Continuing training for staff in Math Foundations.
3. What are opportunities for improvement, gap or barriers are in this area? Students are still not accurately performing or demonstrating understanding of solving word problems.
4. What seems to be the root cause of the problem and what data suggests this? Students not understanding word problems or not accurately solving word problems, and students not knowing their math facts, .
Reflection:
5. What approaches/strategies could you deploy to address the root cause and support meeting your overall goal? Our school is going to use Singapore Math, continue intervention block utilizing data-driven interventions, and math facts drilling.
6. What research did you review to support the use of these strategies/approaches? Chris Cain and Math Foundations support Singapore Math and conceptual teaching of math.
7. What performance measures will you use to monitor impact of your approach/strategy? Benchmark assessments, Mobymath, Study Island, and graphing math facts.
8. What measure will you use to monitor fidelity of deployment of your strategy/approach? Lesson plans for core and intervention block
9. What professional development, if any, will be offered in cycle 1 to support the staff in implementing the approach? Math Foundations
10. If funding is required, what funding source will be used? State & Federal at-risk funds
Messaging:
11. How will you convey intent of this focus area of SIP to stakeholders? SIT report out via goal team chair
12. How will you communicate progress towards goals or course corrections to stakeholders? SIT report out via goal team chair
D / DO: Develop and Implement Deployment Plan
Include the results from Reflection and Messaging section into deployment plan. Approach/Strategies, Impact performance measure, Fidelity measure, Professional development and Messaging.
Step # / List the specific steps your team will complete during this cycle. / Person(s) responsible for completion of the step. / Measure/Indicator
(Used to monitor performance, process improvement or completion) / Start Date / End Date
1 / Continue using Mobymax for grades 3-5. Train new staff. / Mitchell / Lesson plans, fidelity checks data / 8/19/14 / 6/15/15
2 / Purchase Singapore workbooks for grades K-5. / Ferguson / Purchase order / 8/19/14 / 9/1/14
3 / Intervention block is put on master schedule and begins no later than September 8th. / Grade Level Chairs / Lesson plans / 8/19/14 / 6/15/15
4 / Locate research-based information to determine how many math facts in a certain given period of time should be considered proficient for each grade level. / Math Team Chair / Documented research notes / 7/1/14 / 8/25/14
5 / Conduct daily classroom math fact drill practices (no more/less than 10 to 15 minutes) - such as flashcard drills, writing out fact families/multiplication table, etc. / Mitchell / Lesson plans, fidelity checks data / 8/25/14 / 6/15/15
6 / Each student makes a set of math facts flash cards to use at home for drill practice. / Grade level chair / Parent signature page documenting practice / 8/25/14 / 6/15/15
7 / Train and utilize teachers on Mitchell’s math tracking sheet. / Mitchell/Brooks / PLC minutes / 8/19/14 / 9/1/14
8 / Purchase more math facts flash card sets for classroom usage (need subtraction & division). / Brooks / Purchase order / 8/1/14 / 9/1/14
9 / Set aside money for incentives for math facts mastery. / Mitchell / Budget / 7/1/14 / 9/1/14
10 / Develop a recognition board per grade level for student mastery of math facts. / Math Team Chair / Recognition boards / 8/19/14 / 9/1/14
11 / Identify teachers who need Math Foundations and send for training. / Mitchell / Rosters / 8/1/14 / 6/15/15
12 / Professional development for student made triangle number bonds/flash cards / Roberts / PD sign in sheet / 8/19/14 / 9/1/14
13 / Research effectiveness and cost of Study Island for grades 4th and 5th. / Durgin / Report out to SIT / 9/1/14 / 9/23/14
14 / Purchase Study Island for 4th and 5th Grades / Mitchell / PO / 10/1/14 / 10/3/14
S / Study – Analysis of data after implementing an approach
Insert formative data here from performance and fidelity measures identified in the Reflection section; questions 7 & 8 for this cycle or provide link to appropriate data.
1. What worked and how do you know?
2. What didn’t work and how do you know?
3. Do you need any additional assistance as you look at your results and start planning for the next Cycle?
If Yes in what areas or topics do you need coaching or P.D. in?
4. What improvements could be made to the following areas: approach/strategy/process/support/professional
development/monitoring…?
Reflect on the answers in 1 - 4 above for the previous cycle and place an X in front of which option best describes what you will do in your plan for the next cycle.
Target goal has been met and is changed to a new target goal.
Target goal not met but current plan is effective so we will continue current plan and repeat it for the next cycle.
Target goal not met so we will continue current plan. We will make improvements to the plan based on what didn’t work as
identified in #2 and #4 above.
Target goal not met and information indicates that we need to abandon the current plan and identify a new approach.
A / Act – Revise or continue with implementation plan based on data analysis.
1. For the next cycle are you continuing with the approach from previous cycle ?
If yes continue to deployment plan. If no, address questions #2-5.
2. What improvements could be made to the following areas: approach/strategy/process/support/professional
development/monitoring…?)
3. What performance measures will you use to monitor impact of your approach/strategy?
4. What measure will you use to monitor fidelity of deployment of your strategy/approach?
5. What professional development, if any, will be offered in this cycle to support the staff in implementing the approach?
Include Approach/Strategies, Impact performance measure, Fidelity measure, Professional development and Messaging. into deployment plan.
Step # / List the specific steps your team will complete during this cycle. / Person(s) responsible for completion of the step. / Measure/Indicator
(Used to monitor performance, process improvement or completion) / Start Date / End Date
S / Study – Analysis of data after implementing an approach
Insert formative/summative data from performance and fidelity measures identified in the Act section; questions 3 & 4 for this cycle or link to trend data.
A / Act – Continue with the Target Goal or revise the Target Goal for next year.
Reflect on the data analysis for the year so far and place an X in front of the option below that best describes your direction for the 2014-15 SIP.
Overall goal has been met and School Improvement Plan focus will change for next year.
Target goal has been met and is changed to a new target goal.
Target goal not met but current plan is effective so we will continue current plan and repeat it for the 2013-14 SIP to take our work to sustaining.
Target goal not met, so we will continue current plan for 2014-15. We will make improvements to the plan based on what didn’t work
through this year.
Schedule your 2014-15 SIP Coaching Session.

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